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TRENTON – A bounty hunter who formerly lived in Jersey City pleaded guilty today to conspiring in a scheme in which he had sheriff’s officers sign false documents so he could collect additional fees by claiming to capture fugitives who had already been apprehended by police, Attorney General Jeffrey S. Chiesa announced.

MULLICA HILL – Attorney General Jeffrey S. Chiesa today spoke with 800 Clearview Regional High School students about the dangers of distracted driving on what has been proclaimed by Gov. Chris Christie as “No Texting While Driving Day” in New Jersey.

Romney says 47 percent of Americans don’t pay income taxes. That’s literally true, except it’s misleading because it includes every retiree who hasn’t enough income to pay income taxes (most retirees), every poor and lower-income person who doesn’t have enough income to pay, and a few multi-millionaires (perhaps like Romney himself — we don’t know because he won’t release his tax returns), who don’t pay because of tax loopholes and tax-avoidance schemes.

RAHWAY — Sharing the stage with some of the region’s top performers for the Saturday, Sept. 22, opening of Rahway’s Hamilton Stage will be 12-year-old Saje’da Cupido, who competed among contestants of all ages for the privilege of being the very first to sing at the new theater’s official opening. She will perform the National Anthem.

SOUTH AMBOY – Wednesday, Gov. Chris Christie will hold his 92nd town hall meeting, this time in South Amboy. The governor is expected to urge the legislature to move forward with his agenda, which he says will bring relief to New Jersey families.

With deficit hawks circling overhead, the responsibility for creating jobs has fallen by default to Ben Bernanke and the Federal Reserve. Last week the Fed said it expected to keep interest rates near zero through mid 2015 in order to stimulate employment.

When the last national census was taken in 2010, 48 percent of the population was classified as poor or low-income (earning less than 200 percent of the poverty level). Anyone who’s ever tried to live on a low income knows how difficult it can be to make ends meet when cost increases for essentials like healthcare, housing, food and energy outpace their earnings.